MySpace has integrated a new Flash-based suite of photo editing tools into its site, giving users the ability to crop, edit, and stylize their photos from directly within the browser. The tools are powered by Fotoflexer, a browser-based photo editing startup that also powers Photobucket’s image editing features (Photobucket and MySpace are owned by the same company, so this isn’t too surprising). To access the feature, select a photo in one of your MySpace photo albums and press the ‘Customize Photo’ button.
The new tools allow users to edit their photos in a variety of ways, including options like red-eye removal, blemish removal, and cropping, as well as a number of image filters like ‘pop art’ and ‘neon colors’. Users can also drag and drop speech bubbles and virtual stickers to embellish their pictures – a feature that I’m sure MySpace users will love, given their propensity to customize their profiles (though I’m a bit worried they might take the photo customization too far). There’s nothing revolutionary here, but it’s fun and convenient.
In contrast to MySpace’s tools, Facebook’s photo editing features are essentially nonexistent (you can rotate images, and that’s about it). I can understand why Facebook might not be keen on helping its users add silly thought bubbles or colorizing effects, but red-eye correction and cropping would certainly be welcome additions.
…. I find this feature way too messy and akward. As I predicted before, it will fail. I have spoken.
Anjali Sen
From India
Anjali, the word is awkward not akward and now that you have spoken, please keep your peace. This tool is square in the middle of the MySpace demographic. I predict your prediction will fail.
Tampered pics is not for real people. This feature complies well with myspace’s fake profiles with fake pics.
I also think that will fail, because flash players always need to be upgraded and people dont like to be forced to update their components to see a webpage.
Interesting tool, I’m glad to see MySpace offer additional useful features to users. Looks like this is all done in Flash???
Yep, it’s Flash-based
wasn’t this the reason they bought Flektor?
cool service i know myspace crowd will love it
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http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=108097816&albumID=505762&imageID=37233611 my edited image.
Small chatkas for the leanback types at Myspace.
It’s a great application, but doesn’t that make myspace more messy as it is?
TechFilipino
Awesome, that’s really awesome. MySpace continues to prove that it’s one of the giants that can be trusted to deliver cutting-edge technological improvements that will make our lives better. Awesome and thanks for sharing this.
This is a great feature. Facebook should do the same and also add some basic customizing options like color and background. I get tired of the boring blue and white pages in Facebook, even though it’s a much more functional site than MySpace.
MySpace is going to have to do a lot more than give us photo editing to lure back people like me who hardly ever go there anymore. They’ve adopted a scarcity mentality, trying to keep people on their site, while Facebook is more than happy to let you link to outside sites. Communication by bulletin is totally useless when you have thousands of friends, as they just fly by and never get seen.
Serious users will continue to flock to Facebook, where business pages are clearly seperated from personal profiles and have different functionality. I miss MySpace’s look, but it’s become quite messy and disfunctional. However, it’s never too late to fix things, but it will take a major overhaul.
Just played with it, pretty slick.
You can thank Eric Novins for this feature. He’s the lead developer on the MySpace photo team.
It looks cool. I don’t hate MySpace any more.
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Does anyone actually care?
That’s Awesome.
It’s easier to decorate the photo.
What about TOS agreement of this service?
Does the launch of it connected with the recent Facebook flare-up?
WTF???
Interesting tool. Does anyone know when/if they are going to allow other websites to offer it as a tool to their customers??
I’m glad to see Myspace finally tweaking out their site to make it a bit more user friendly.
What tools we use on there? Is there any integrated application?
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Wow, MySpace is actually doing something cool… what will Facebook do next?
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